Iraq in Fragments

Name: Iraq in Fragments
Genre: War, Documentary
Released: November 10, 2006
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 84

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Typecast Releasing | Release Date: November 10, 2006

Summary: Iraq in Fragments illuminates post-war Iraq in three acts, building a vivid picture of a country pulled in different directions by religion and ethnicity. Filmed in verité style, with no scripted narration, the film power fully explores the lives of ordinary Iraqis: people whose thoughts, beliefs, aspirations, and concerns are at onceIraq in Fragments illuminates post-war Iraq in three acts, building a vivid picture of a country pulled in different directions by religion and ethnicity. Filmed in verité style, with no scripted narration, the film power fully explores the lives of ordinary Iraqis: people whose thoughts, beliefs, aspirations, and concerns are at once personal and illustrative of larger issues in Iraq today. (Typecast Pictures)… Expand

Director: James Longley

Genre(s): War, Documentary

Runtime: 94 min

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Phil Hall

Offers the Iraqis a rare chance to share their anger and their lives with the outside world. The resulting production is a raw and powerful film that demands to be seen. Read full review

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Much as Emile de Antonio's neglected "In the Year of the Pig" (1968) may be the only major documentary about Vietnam that actually considers the Vietnamese, this film allows the people of Iraq to speak, and what they say is fascinating throughout. Read full review

Noel Murray

The first third of Iraq In Fragments is so intense--a masterpiece in miniature, really--that audiences may not have much emotion left for the rest. Read full review

Andrew O'Hehir

Alone among the works I've seen and read about Iraq in the last three years, Iraq in Fragments captures the tremendous complexity and variability of the country, offering neither facile hope nor fashionable despair. Read full review

Marrit Ingman

Offers more questions than answers. Even the Kurds, who seem the closest thing to a success story, long for a unified Iraq. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

In this last passage Longley shows a poetic, almost elegiacal artistry. After two years, he might not understand the Iraqi people fully, but they have won his heart and mind. Read full review

Empire Patrick Peters

Shot over three years, this is one of the more considered and insightful Iraqi documentaries - although some may find its stylistic contrasts a little self-conscious and distracting. Read full review

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[Anonymous]

Nov 10, 2006

A mezmerizing achievement.

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Rob

Nov 18, 2006

Insightful and beautiful in its way.

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